Two new events planned in Cologne and HannoverThe German Six Day racing circuit was dying quickly in the last few years. Prestigious events in Stuttgart, Munich and Dortmund were stopped after spectators stayed home. This is about to change, as [...]
Only seven ProTeams and 112 riders in total will take the start in TuscanyThe route and the selected teams for the Montepaschi-Strade Bianche were released today by race organizers, RCS. Fourteen teams of eight riders, making for 112 total starters, [...]
Magazine outlines what it says were repeated violations of doping regulationsOne day before Sports Illustrated prints an extensive piece on the investigation into Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service team, the magazine has released some details of what it [...]
Sprint finish settles stage one in Angaston The Santos Tour Down Under sprint stages may have been billed as a showdown between former team-mates André Greipel and Mark Cavendish, but thus far it is another HTC-Highroad rider, Matt Goss, who [...]
American rider says he believes sport ‘cannot be fixed’Two months after finishing a respectable fourth overall in the Tour of Southland, US rider Floyd Landis has decided to call an immediate end to his racing career. The 35 year old [...]
Jan Ullrich and Andreas Klöden to serve as Guests of HonorStarting in just over a week, the Berlin Six Day will celebrate its 100th running when the racing begins on January 27th. The triumphant anniversary will be attended by a [...]
Two days for the sprinters and three days for the climbers and all-arounders awaitThe route of the twentieth Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca has been released, and once again, it will be five independently classified 1.1 ranked races, starting on February [...]
Lampre-ISD’s Grand Tour captain looking at mountain finishes with Marco MarzanoMichele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) has been checking out more of the climbs to feature in this year’s Giro d’Italia, on his way to the team’s training camp in San Vincenzo, Tuscany. [...]
Balco founder admits he has doubts about multiple Tour de France winner’s pastVictor Conte, who had a long battle against federal agent Jeff Novitzky before finally admitting that he doped athletes, has said that his legal team have been met [...]
French team manager aiming for ProTeam status in 2012 but says the UCI rules are not clearFDJ is currently one of the longest serving sponsors in the sport, with the French lottery operator beginning its support of its eponymous team [...]
Former French champion hopes for fresh start and new motivation with Marc Madiot’s teamAfter six years at Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Pierrick Fédrigo has made the leap to rival French team FDJ for 2011. Much of the reason had to be [...]
Italian appears to be in strong early-season condition It’s very early days in the 2011 season but 2008 world road race champion Alessandro Ballan is already showing signs of strong form. The Italian rider sprinted home seventh on today’s opening [...]
Belgian classics star coming round to Dutch champion that he “cursed many times”One of the many new recruits to the Quick Step team for 2011 is Dutch champion Niki Terpstra. The 26-year-old spent the last four years at the recently [...]
Czech World Champion and stern Dutch manager not seeing eye to eyeOutgoing Telenet-Fidea manager, Hans Van Kasteren, is not known as one to mince words. In a recent interview with P-Magazine and quoted in Het Laatste Nieuws, the no nonsense [...]
UCI management committee member says he hasn’t seen any UCI documentsBjarne Riis today said it was unfair of UCI management committee member Peder Pedersen to comment on the Alberto Contador case while it is still ongoing, faulting the Dane for [...]
Team RadioShack rider now thinking a good general classification finish might be possibleHaving previously said that a stage win was his ambition at this year’s Santos Tour Down Under, Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen’s third place finish today appear to have [...]
Saxo Bank-Sungard manager not happy with Pedersen’s statements on possible banDays after UCI management committee member Peder Pedersen said that he believed that Alberto Contador would get a two year ban, Contador’s team manager Bjarne Riis has responded and said [...]
Sanne Van Paassen takes back series lead with one race to goMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the women’s World Cup race in Pontchâteau, France after accelerating in the very first metres of the race and riding the rest of the [...]
